Codebook, �Follow the Leaders�, Journal of PoliticsJuly 2024bioguide_id: unique identifier for Member of Congress (MC)name: name of MCparty: party affiliation of MCdistrict: congressional district of MCdem: dichotomous variable for democratic MC (1=Democratic member)gop: dichotomous variable for GOP MC (1=GOP member)gender: gender of MC (M= male, F= female)female: dichotomous variable for female MC (1=female)nonwhite: dichotomous variable for non-white MC (1=non-white)black: dichotomous variable for Black MC (1=Black)hispanic: dichotomous variable for Hispanic MC (1=Hispanic)asianamer: dichotomous variable for Asian American MC (1=Asian American)number_of_house_terms: number of house terms MC has served through 116th Congressrlvthouse; MC�s electoral vote share in district, 2018 midtermstrump16: Trump�s 2016 vote share in districtdistrict_density: CityLab�s Congressional Density Index categorizationdistrict_density_sub: Simplified measure of CityLab Congressional Density Index. Rural = pure rural, rural-suburban mix; Suburban = sparse suburban, dense suburban; Urban = urban-suburban mix, pure urbansuburban: dichotomous variable for district density (1=suburban)urban: dichotomous variable for district density (1=urban)rural: dichotomous variable for district density (1=rural)district_percent_white: percentage of congressional district that is whitedistrict_percent_black: percentage of congressional district that is Blackdistrict_percent_asian: percentage of congressional district that is Asiandistrict_percent_hispanic: percentage of congressional district that is Hispanicdistrict_percent_amerindian: percentage of congressional district that is American Indiandistrict_unemployment_rate: District unemployment rate, 2018 Census datadistrict_median_income: District median income, 2018 Census datadistrict_median_minus_national: District median income minus the national average median income, 2018 Census datafreedom (was allfreedom_v2): Dichotomous variable for membership in the Freedom Caucus, 115th and/or 116th Congress (1=member of caucus)prog (was allprog_v2): Dichotomous variable for membership in the Progressive Caucus, 115th and/or 116th Congress (1=member of caucus)bluedog (was allbluedog_v2): Dichotomous variable for membership in the Blue Dog Democratic Caucus, 115th and/or 116th Congress (1=member of caucus)newdems (was allnewdems_v2): Dichotomous variable for membership in the New Democratic Coalition caucus, 115th and/or 116th Congress (1=member of caucus)goplead (was allgoplead_v2): Dichotomous variable for member of GOP leadership, 115th and/or 116th Congress (1=member of leadership)demlead (was alldemlead_v2): Dichotomous variable for member of Democratic leadership, 115th and/or 116th Congress (1=member of leadership)cmtechair (was allcmtechair_v2): Dichotomous variable for Committee Chair/ Ranking Member, 115th and/or 116th Congress (1=chair or ranking member)topcmte (was alltopcmte_v2): Dichotomous variable for membership on Committee on Ways and Means, Appropriations Committee, or Rules Committee, 115th and/or 116th Congress (1=member of committee(s))probsolve (was allprobsolve_v2): Dichotomous variable for membership in the Problem Solvers Caucus, 115th and/or 116th Congress (1=member of caucus)rsc (was allrsc_v2): Dichotomous variable for membership in the Republican Study Committee caucus, 115th and/or 116th Congress (1=member of caucus)new_116: Dichotomous variable for whether MC was new in 116th Congress (1=new)std_vote_ip (was standardized_vote_ideal_point): TBIP vote-based ideal point, standardizedstd_speech_ip (was k_std_speech_ip): TBIP speech-based ideal point, standardizedstd_tweet_ip (was k_std_tweet_ip): TBIP tweet-based ideal point, standardizedrank_vote (was feb_rank_vote): ranking of standardized TBIP vote-based ideal pointrank_speech (was feb_rank_speech): ranking of standardized TBIP speech-based ideal pointrank_tweet (was feb_rank_tweet): ranking of standardized TBIP tweet-based ideal pointVS_gap (was feb_gap_VS): Gap between MC�s vote and speech rankingVT_gap (was feb_gap_VT): Gap between MC�s vote and tweet rankingVS_gapcat_invert (was feb_gapcat_VS_invert): Gap between MC�s categorical placement, vote and speechVT_gapcat_invert (was feb_gapcat_VT_invert): Gap between MC�s categorical placement, vote and tweettbip_tweets: TBIP tweet-based ideal point, not standardizedtbip_floor_speechees: TBIP speech-based ideal point, not standardizedtbip_votes: TBIP vote-based ideal point, not standardized